A teacher at Charles Lwanga Secondary School Eziachi in Orlu L.G.A of Imo State, Mr. Patrick Obioha has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday, October 10. According to a close relation, Mr. Obioha aged about 45, was on his way to school, that fateful day, riding in his tricycle in company of his four-year old daughter when was waylaid and shot on his forehead by the hoodlums. Our source disclosed that his daughter, who was helpless, started crying after the gunshot which attracted the attention of the passers-by, who ran to find out why…

Leaders of Ngor Autonomous Community in the Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State, have described as false and misleading, newspaper reports (not THE LEADER) that a commercial bus driver (name withheld) and a female teacher (name withheld) were intercepted by eagle-eyed security men as they were conveying 18 abducted pupils. According to newspaper reports, the children who are pupils of Umuohie Primary School in the Ngor-Okpala LGA, were being ferried to Rivers State before the abductors were caught. In a reaction to the news, the President General of the community, Mr. Justus Ugochukwu Okoh, who told our correspondent that…

Whether you are cashing a cheque over the counter, going through immigration at the airports, making a complaint to a police officer, renewing your driver’s license, receiving a title from a royal father, ordering a drink in a bar, obtaining your transcripts from your college, arranging for a funeral with a clergy or even being rushed into the emergency room in Nigeria, be prepared to TIP. Technically, tip means “a sum of money given to someone as a reward for their services”. It is not to be confused with wage or salary, which is a sum of money due to…

If you think days are gone for the traditional woman, who cooks, cleans and looks after her husband and children, then you should have a word with Lady Ruth Duruiheoma. A career woman, leader, wife and mother of five children, Lady Ruth is the Maria Assumpta Parish CWO President and head of her town Union, Umuma Isiaku in LGA. She’s a busy woman with many meetings to attend, even on weekends and public holidays. Yet the would-be grandmother joggles her responsibilities wisely to ensure they don’t clash with her primary duties as a wife. According to her, the family…